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$53.91 +0.54 (+1.01%)
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FLS vs. AIT, CR, DOV, EMR, GGG, GHM, IR, ITT, PH, and PNR

Should you be buying Flowserve stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flowserve include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Crane (CR), Dover (DOV), Emerson Electric (EMR), Graco (GGG), Graham (GHM), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Pentair (PNR).

Flowserve vs. Its Competitors

Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) and Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

93.9% of Flowserve shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Flowserve shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Applied Industrial Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Flowserve. Flowserve is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Industrial Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Flowserve$4.56B1.55$282.76M$2.1425.19
Applied Industrial Technologies$4.48B2.14$385.76M$9.9625.22

In the previous week, Flowserve had 3 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Flowserve and 8 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Flowserve's score of 0.99 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Flowserve
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Applied Industrial Technologies
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Flowserve pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Flowserve pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Flowserve has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Applied Industrial Technologies has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Flowserve has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Flowserve presently has a consensus price target of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.01%. Applied Industrial Technologies has a consensus price target of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.44%. Given Flowserve's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Flowserve is more favorable than Applied Industrial Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Flowserve
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Applied Industrial Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Applied Industrial Technologies has a net margin of 8.64% compared to Flowserve's net margin of 6.12%. Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity of 22.01% beat Flowserve's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Flowserve6.12% 17.68% 6.85%
Applied Industrial Technologies 8.64%22.01%12.83%

Summary

Applied Industrial Technologies beats Flowserve on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FLS vs. The Competition

MetricFlowserveMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.98B$12.88B$7.57B$20.51B
Dividend Yield1.57%23.76%4.54%3.74%
P/E Ratio25.1929.2024.9427.90
Price / Sales1.555.08114.8840.82
Price / Cash16.1416.2727.3522.25
Price / Book3.453.884.394.59
Net Income$282.76M$521.16M$791.63M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-2.50%0.08%0.52%0.11%
1 Month Performance13.56%7.60%4.85%3.55%
1 Year Performance14.29%37.03%32.91%13.79%

Flowserve Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FLS
Flowserve
4.2575 of 5 stars
$53.91
+1.0%
$62.00
+15.0%
+16.6%$6.98B$4.56B25.1916,000Analyst Forecast
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.55 of 5 stars
$232.65
+0.4%
$285.00
+22.5%
+36.7%$8.86B$4.48B23.366,500Positive News
CR
Crane
3.3456 of 5 stars
$189.70
+0.7%
$197.75
+4.2%
+36.0%$10.91B$2.18B25.1311,000Trending News
DOV
Dover
4.745 of 5 stars
$183.34
+0.0%
$208.58
+13.8%
+7.6%$25.14B$7.75B11.0425,000Trending News
EMR
Emerson Electric
4.3617 of 5 stars
$133.45
+0.2%
$136.47
+2.3%
+27.6%$75.07B$17.49B31.9385,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GGG
Graco
3.7538 of 5 stars
$86.03
-0.1%
$93.00
+8.1%
+13.5%$14.38B$2.11B30.404,300
GHM
Graham
4.1646 of 5 stars
$49.62
-1.9%
$55.00
+10.8%
+94.2%$543.34M$209.90M44.70490High Trading Volume
IR
Ingersoll Rand
3.9742 of 5 stars
$83.28
-1.2%
$97.80
+17.4%
-4.3%$33.60B$7.24B41.2317,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ITT
ITT
4.3006 of 5 stars
$156.93
-0.6%
$165.50
+5.5%
+25.4%$12.35B$3.63B24.9511,700
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.5074 of 5 stars
$698.99
-0.2%
$719.71
+3.0%
+39.2%$89.32B$19.79B26.9255,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PNR
Pentair
4.6061 of 5 stars
$102.70
-0.8%
$107.14
+4.3%
+42.5%$16.90B$4.08B26.549,750Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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